Macau to test people from Philippines more than locals


People queue for Covid-19 testing near the Ruins of Saint Paul's in Macau. - Reuters

MACAU (Bloomberg): Macau ordered any resident who holds a Philippine passport to take a daily nucleic acid test, with officials singling them out as more at risk for infection even though they account for a small number of cases in a Covid-19 wave that’s abating.

The testing regimen will start Friday, health official Leong Iek Hou said at a briefing Thursday. Government data show Filipinos have accounted for 9.5% of the city’s total Covid-19 cases this outbreak, Leong said.

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